This has been a wonderful story all the way through. So very happy for you and it does give me hope. Congratulations
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 28, 2015, at 9:22 AM, Dave Worman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Success!!! > > Thank you to each and every one of you who have spent time searching on my > behalf and to each one of you following this thread. I could not have done > it without you. You are an answer to my prayers! God Bless you! > > I have been searching for Velma Cotta, my birth mother, for most of my adult > life with no results beyond finding out her name and marriage to my birth > father. Due to the help from members of this group - she has been > identified and I have been able to locate and contact my actual, real 1st > cousin! A child of Velma's sister! > > The information came in a little bit at a time but then quickly once we were > pretty sure we were on the right trail. Understanding the name change from > Belmira to Velma was really the first clue. Then census info, newspapers > articles, tracking the people who might be the right family, finding graves, > then obituaries of Velma's parents (thank you Sequoia Genealogical Society!) > and then the obituary of Velma's sister. I don't have permission to name > the people who actually found all this but you can find them on this thread > :) They did all the important work as I have no clue. > > To you who have been searching, too. Keep looking and trying and I hope for > your success! > > Thank you, > > Dave > > > > > > > > >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yeah, that's the spelling. I knew it looked a little off! >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, >> Achada >> -- >> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right >> that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
